# kill_task(task_id())

Pavel Curtis (pavel@parc.xerox.com)
Sun, 21 Jan 1996 19:05:08 PST

- Messages sorted by:[ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]

    Jay Carlson writes:
    > > Of course, they can still do any of the following:
    > >	suspend($maxint)
    > >	while (1) endwhile
    > >	x = "x"; while (1) x = x + x; endwhile
    > > any of which will do just as much damage as calling kill_task(task_id())...
    >
    > That last one will do a lot more damage.

    Actually, in my experience, it tends to run out of seconds long before it could
    run you out of virtual memory.  With a little more care, though...

    	Pavel